Kevin takes a crucial step

completed his first full training session today, but Neal Ardley says that Wimbledon have to manage his return carefully.Kevin Sainte Luce

.Stuart DouglasThe flying winger, who came off with a hamstring injury in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy tie at Brentford over three weeks ago, has been nursed back gradually by physio

knows that he can be a potent weapon if fully fit.Neal ArdleyKevin’s last meaningful contribution to the Wimbledon cause was his devastating impact as a substitute in the thrilling 3-2 win against Scunthorpe United and

, Neal Ardley said: “Kevin came through his first day of training with the first-team today. Stuart wanted to spend some time with him getting it right because it was a recurrence of a hamstring. We have tried our hardest to get that as good as we can.Dons PlayerSpeaking to

“Kevin will train with us again tomorrow and then he will train with the Under-21s squad at the weekend in preparation for next week.”

has also made progress this week after returning from hip problems and both players are in line to feature in the new Premier League Cup on Tuesday night at the Cherry Red Records Stadium against Gillingham.Will Antwi

Click on Under-21s to view our previous announcement, which includes details about a combined match ticket and access to the President’s Lounge for just £10. Dons Player subscribers can now watch a video interview with Alan Bennett about facing his old club Cheltenham on Saturday and Neal's update will follow shortly on our premium site.